Drivers violently beaten with STICKS and ROCKS by gang of UK-bound migrants near Calais

A group of around 20 Eritreans armed with sticks and rocks are said to have mistaken their victims for Afghan people traffickers.

The vicious assault - which left the two Frenchmen with fractures, cuts and bruises - comes amid a war between rival migrant gangs to control motorway service areas.

It has been a main area used for sneaking aboard vehicles heading to the UK. One of the victims was attacked as he pulled into the rest area on the A26 autoroute near Choques in a utility van while the other was already parked up.

British drivers are now being urged to avoid stopping at motorway rest areas within 20 miles of Calais.

A police source told Le Figaro newspaper: "It's the first time we have seen such an act of violence towards ordinary motorists outside of Calais itself.

"The victims have pressed charges but so far none of the attackers have been identified." British hauliers unions have long raised fears about violence towards drivers, with numerous reports of migrants armed with sticks and knives trying to break into their trucks.”

The answer to the Calais problems is really quite simple: the French should ask them if they want to claim asylum in France. If they say no, or they have no claim, they are illegal immigrants and need to be deported. Until such time when this becomes practical, they need to placed under arrest. That is what they would do to me if I went to France without valid travel documents, so I fail to see why these people are treated as if they are above the rule of law.

Treating black people as if they are not responsible for their behaviour or without understanding is racist. So the mollycoddling has to stop and they should get the exact same treatment as anybody else would. In fact, if we actually followed our own rules we would not even have a migrant crisis.

Shots Fired In Calais: Hundreds Of Afghan And Sudanese Migrants Go To War

Around 40 migrants living in the “Jungle” camp in Calais have been injured, as hundreds of men from different ethnic groups fought with guns, batons and knives.

Local officials confirmed the brawl between roughly 200 Afghans and Sudanese in the notorious camp in the northern French port this Thursday.

Police said one person had been shot, and officials confirmed that several people received knife and baton injuries.

“Around 20 migrants, three volunteers and a police officer were injured in a brawl between Afghans and Sudanese. The reason for the fight has not yet been determined,” the regional authority said in a statement.

The fight broke out as food was being distributed at the Jules-Ferry aid centre, the authority said.

Photos show that large sections of the shanty town were burned down, and at least 15 fire trucks had been called to the site.

Around 20 police cars also arrived to break up the fight, and tear gas was deployed

Authorities got permission from French courts to clear part of the crime-ridden camp earlier this year. However, a charity quickly built another one nearby against central government wishes.

Lying in wait: The camp perilously perched on a cliff edge overlooks the ferry port of Dieppe, northern FranceAlbanian migrants use the camp while aiming to sneak on to a boat or lorry bound for Britain

An Albanian migrant trying to sneak across the Channel from northern France has admitted he was deported from the UK earlier this year.

The 24-year-old, who calls himself Jimmy Korbi, is among 150 of his countrymen living in tents on a cliff overlooking the port of Dieppe.It emerged last night that he and many of the others had climbed aboard lorries bound for Britain two years ago. Once here, they worked in construction jobs on the black market before being caught by immigration officials.

They were then deported back to Albania on flights funded by the taxpayer. But in a classic example of the immigration merry-go-round, they simply returned to the French coast by coach or lorry weeks later and are trying to sneak back into the UK again.

The migrants say they are targeting smaller ports such as Dieppe and Cherbourg because the security around Calais has been beefed up in recent months.

Others are paying smugglers between £7,000 and £8,000 each for places on speedboats or lorries heading across the Channel.Mr Korbi said more than 50 Albanian migrants sneak into Britain from northern France each week.

‘We try to stay away from the main camps in Calais because they attract too much attention,’ he added.

‘We try to be clever and use ports like Dieppe which have less security. I am still trying to get on to a lorry because I don’t have enough money yet to pay the men who take my friends over on their boats.

‘But this time around it is much harder because there are more security cameras, more police and better fences. And when the men come round to ask if we want to pay to get over, it is tempting to try to get enough money.’

The Albanians living at the Dieppe camp admit they are economic migrants looking to earn more money, rather than refugees fleeing persecution or war zones.

Several other sources confirmed to the newspaper that at least twelve nonwhites had been admitted to various hospitals in the region for assorted gunshot wounds.

The type of bullets used appeared to be small caliber weapons, the police said, and not “weapons of war” such as AK-47s. Police speculated that the firearms were improvised weapons, .22 caliber hand guns, or shotguns.

“The shots were fired with compressed air long guns, or handguns,” local police spokesman Gilles Debove was quoted as saying.

“The type of weapons used in the brawl was not specified by our source. But it is still disturbing [because it means] that there are weapons in the Jungle,” he added.

He said that the French security forces were taking many risks by going into the nonwhite camp, and that the situation was getting worse every day.

The paper also spoke to Stéphane Duval, director of the Jules Ferry camp, where the last major brawl started. She confirmed that some of her employees had seen nonwhites suffering from firearm wounds.

She also said that she had seen firearms twice in the Jungle camp. “Sure there are guns in the Jungle,” she said, adding that “one regularly sees bladed weapons” in the hands of the invaders.

At least two of her employees—workers at the camp who give out food and support to the invaders—were attacked last week by the nonwhites.

The brawl is now believed to have been over money.

“The most seriously injured employee is out of the hospital,” she explained, saying that another employee suffered broken ribs in the attack.

Christian Salomé, director of pro-invader charity L’Auberge des Migrants, told the paper that the presence of guns in the Jungle is a reality.

“They [the nonwhites] come from countries at war, where guns are in free circulation,” he said, adding that when “money is involved, there are fights.”

Reports say that there are now at least 20,000 nonwhites massing in northern France around Calais, all aiming to get to Britain where the generous benefits and welfare payments serve as a major drawcard for the world’s Third World parasites.

As security around the Channel Tunnel has been tightened, the invaders have become increasingly violent, with nearly daily attacks upon truckers and vehicles who refuse to stop for them.

In addition, the UK’s Express newspaper has reported that increasing numbers of the invaders are using Albanian people smuggling gangs operating from France to cross the English Channel by sea.

According to that paper, the going rate for a Channel crossing is now £100 ($145)—which is even cheaper than the fee charged by genuine users of the train service or many ferries.

A Dunkirk official told the Express that the situation was “rapidly spiraling out of control,” and that the smuggling gangs are “made up of mainly Albanian criminals, with plenty of accomplices who have British passports.”

The "non whites" is this the new politic correct word for black Africans?

The trouble started at around 15:00 near Calais when a gang of migrants and local activists began a wave of attacks on motorists, including English and Welsh football fans heading to support their teams during the group stages of Euro 2016, local media reported.

Three Britons leaving Calais found themselves driving through what looked like a war zone.

While travelling down the road near the infamous "Jungle" camp in Calais, the passenger films as police in riot gear fire tear gas at migrants, who are seen running across the road.

In the video, a small pop can be heard and the driver ducks, saying "Woah, what the f**k was that."

"Tear gas," his passenger replies.

The road ahead is barely visible as clouds of the tear gas surround the car.

Just crazy. I've never seen anything like this," the woman filming says.

"My heart is going a little bit," says the driver.

"Yeah, I a little bit scared," the woman replies.

According to reports from and AFP correspondent, the migrants tried to slow down traffic so they could jump onto lorries heading across the Channel to Britain, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.

Several people managed to board trucks and tried to cut through the tarpaulin of the trailers to hide inside.

No one was injured in the clashes which involved 200-300 migrants, according to police, adding that at least one migrant had been arrested for "throwing a projectile".

The road leading to the port was closed for several hours over the disturbances.

Between 4,000 and 5,000 migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa are living in squalid conditions in the Jungle in the hope of smuggling aboard lorries to Britain, where they hope to join family or find work.

These latest clashes with police come as Britain prepares to vote in a referendum on EU membership on Thursday.

Immigration is a hot-button issue, with the "Leave" camp saying controlling the influx of migrants into the country is a key reason for exiting the EU.

HUNDREDS of migrants shouting "f*** the UK" have stormed the roads in and around Calais and hurled rocks at British motorists in a desperate attempt to reach the UK before Britons decide whether or not to leave the EU.

French police battled around 300 migrants in the lawless port town this afternoon after huge mobs targeted England and Wales fans returning across the Channel after cheering on their teams at Euro 2016 and motoring enthusiasts driving back from the Le Mans rally event.

Gangs of migrants ran out onto the motorway and brought traffic to a standstill outside the port, so that they could break into lorries and stow away in an attempt to sneak across the Channel.

A British football fan caught up in the chaos reported that gangs of migrants were shouting "f*** the UK" as they hurled rocks at his car, posting photos on social media of clouds of tear gas fired by embattled police.

One UK motorist warned on social media that cars were being "stoned" by migrants as they sat stationary in traffic, warning others to stay away from the town.

Others claimed that the port had been "shut" by the authorities due to the chaos with "miles of stationary traffic" snaking back through the town, with one tweetlng: "UK Border control Calais side has stopped, we are all sat here waiting for cars to start flowing through? No toilets and water."

Another added: "Migrants chucking stones at cars at Calais. All major routes are shut."

Chaos erupted at around 3pm French time when the hundreds of migrants made an organised raid on the motorway linking the town to the port, which was closed by authorities for more than four hours, sparking traffic mayhem. It finally reopened at around 7pm after being left strewn with debris.

Calais newspaper La Void du Nord reported that gangs of migrants from the nearby Jungle camp attacked the ring road in waves, with police putting up barriers and firing tear gas grenades in a bid to hold them back.

The orchestrated raid is being viewed as particularly brazen by the authorities, who observed that migrants usually attempted to board lorries under the cover of darkness.

It is thought the criminal gang lords who run the migrant smuggling operation in Calais have deliberately timed the mass attempt to reach Britain to coincide with traffic returning from Euro 2016 and the Le Mans 42-hour rally event.

Police in Calais reported that several officers were injured during clashes with migrants while a number of people have been arrested, including two militants from the ultra left-wing anarchist group No Borders, for throwing stones.

The chaos comes just three days before Britain votes on whether or not to leave the EU, with some migrants fearing border controls could be beefed up immediately in the event of a Brexit.

A Calais police spokesman told TV channel France 3: "Police personnel have been deployed in numbers and had to use tear gas to evict migrants from the roadway. At the same time controls have been strengthened all across the port of Calais.”

He said: "Economic migrants congregating in Calais know that if Britain votes to leave the EU we can take control of our borders. That is why they are so desperate to get to the UK should we vote to save our country on Thursday.

"Both the Tories and Labour remainers have admitted that if we stay in the EU we can say goodbye to any chance of taking back control of our own country."

British motorists took to Twitter this afternoon to report huge delays in and around the port town amid the chaos, with P&O ferries waiving time restrictions to allow people with tickets to check onto any ferry today.

The company tweeted: “We understand there are delays on the motorway to Calais Port rest assured we will check you onto the next available ferry at no extra cost.”

And authorities in Calais tweeted that the “congestion level for drivers has changed from high to extreme” due to the chaotic scenes.

One British driver posted a video on Twitter showing migrants by the roadside, adding: “Just came through Calais and look at the thousands trying to get in - frightening amount #Brexit #VoteLeave.”

Another, Braden Connolly, added: "Cars are being stoned by the migrant camps in #Calais avoid if you can."

And a third user warned: "Migrants at Calais smashing cars up with rocks. Main A16 exit shut, traffic is horrendous, use D247. Ferry port empty."

Meanwhile James McCann, from McCann Transport, said: "Jungle residents kicking off on slip road into port, smoke bombs, stuff all over the road. Our driver mentioned projectiles being chucked. Port not so bad once clear of the madness, perimeter fence been breached though so some inside."

The chaos comes just three days before Britain votes on whether or not to leave the EU, with some migrants fearing border controls could be beefed up immediately in the event of a Brexit.

Total mistake there: according to Cameron, if we Exit the French will immediately expel the UK Border Force out of spite. Of course, Cameron might withdraw them anyway, out of spite, if we Leave.Mind you, the illegals would have a very strong reason to try to get through after a Brexit - they'd just need a few forged papers dated before June 22 2004 and Boris would immediately give them full access to the UK, benefits included.What a world. :-(

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Stephen Hawking

Terrifying moment Britain-bound trucker is forced to battle his way past masked chainsaw-wielding gang near Jungle migrant campDrivers now fear someone will be killed before the authorities tackle the chaos at the port

A TRUCKER has told of the terrifying moment he was threatened by a CHAINSAW-wielding migrant as he headed to Britain.

The incident came as fellow drivers say they fear someone will be killed before the authorities tackle the chaos at the port.

The man in the middle is pictured trying to hide the chainsaw behind his back

The trade group for British lorry drivers is now calling for major action following the terrifying incident.

The Freight Transport Association said the truck driver was threatened with a chainsaw during a night of violence in Calais.

The Kent-based FTA said it fears attacks could escalate as numbers in the Jungle Camp swell to more than 7,000 and migrants become more desperate to reach the UK following the Brexit vote.

It said migrants had set fire to barricades across the motorway to stop vehicles and one Belgian driver reported being threatened with a chainsaw as he tried to reach the port.

His boss begged authorities: “Please do something, there will be deaths. Our drivers are threatened every night.”

And Chris Yarsley, FTA’s EU Affairs Manager, said: “These drivers are just trying to do their job, moving goods from Europe to the UK through the country’s busiest port.

Attacks like this are unacceptable and more needs to be done to protect them as they go about their work.”

Tonight there were more problems after refugees set fire to a lorry on a bridge near the port.

Despite the Jungle Camp being partially cleared earlier this year, numbers have reportedly swelled to over 7,000 – more than at the peak of last summer’s unrest.

The UK’s vote to leave the EU has made some migrants more determined to cross the Channel before any changes to the current border controls.

Mr Yarsley added: “A robust process must be put in place to quickly deal with applications from genuine asylum seekers rather than economic migrants and move them out of the camp.

"Relocating the camp away from the port would prevent the relentless attacks on commercial vehicles passing close by and allow our members to carry out their job without fear of attack or fines for unwittingly carrying migrants on their trucks.”

Last month a haulier blamed migrants at Calais for causing his truck to crash after they “set traps” to try and get on lorries heading to the UK.

Allan Campbell said his driver tried to avoid burning bales of hay in the road but collided with a Lithuanian driver who was also caught out.

The mayor of Calais has said that migrant violence in the town has reached “uncontrollable” levels as British truckers reiterated a call for troops to be deployed on the streets.

In an interview with French television, Natacha Bouchart warned that police are dispirited and exhausted and can no longer contain the migrant gangs running the crime-ridden Jungle Camp.

And in a separate call tonight the influential Road Haulage Association (RHA) warned the ongoing chaos is having a devastating effect on the British economy, urging Francois Hollande to send in the army.

The number of migrants in Calais has swelled to more than 9,000, with increasingly horrific tales emerging of the violent lengths they are going to in their attempts to reach the UK.

British truckers have been threatened by asylum seekers wielding chainsaws, iron bars and concrete boulders outside the port, which has been described as a "war zone".

And speaking to French TV Ms Bouchart warned: "The police are not enough and they are exhausted.

“It has been over a year since I have been asking for the army to come. Today, there is no vetting system, we do not know who is coming out and who is leaving.

“There is a state of war in France and Calais is part of France so we do not understand why there are not the same rules as in the rest of the country. The laws of the Republic must be enforced.”

The mayor criticised Mr Hollande's central government in Paris, saying they are not taking the situation seriously enough and need to intervene in the lawless Calais dilemma.

In an interview with FranceTV she said that police officers are being attacked by migrants each night and there has been a rise in the violence in the Jungle camp.

The chief executive of the RHA, Richard Burnett, said : “This is a totally unacceptable situation.

“In July last year we called for the deployment of the French military to assist the authorities in their efforts to secure the Port area but now the latest reports from Calais claim that the Police just can’t cope. "Despite the partial dismantling of the camp earlier this year, current estimates claim that the number of migrants in the area has doubled in the past 12 months to 9,000.”

The association said that migrants are so desperate to reach the UK that they are often victims of greedy people-smugglers and pay them vast sums of cash for a passage across the Channel.

Mr Burnett said that lorry drivers now face being attacked 24 hours of the day by asylum seekers who want to stop their vehicles and smuggle away on board.

He said: “We are seeing migrants, in broad daylight, setting fire to trees in the middle of the road, using the flames as protection as they throw missiles – rocks, bricks, even petrol bombs – at innocent drivers. Drivers who are just trying to do their job.”

One member of the association has said that his family are urging him to stop the perilous Calais journey but with a family to feed, he can not afford to.

Mr Burnett called the drivers who face danger in Calais on a daily basis “absolute heroes”.

He said: “What other occupation includes running the risk of being threatened with a chainsaw, having a chain tied around your neck, or worse, by increasingly violent migrant hordes? It has now reached the unacceptable stage where these drivers are, quite literally risking their lives each time they approach the Port on the last leg home.”

A translator and journalist of Afghan origin making a film about child sexual abuse in the Calais migrant camp has been robbed and raped at knifepoint by three migrants.The horrific attack happened the morning after the UK began importing migrant youths from the camp.

The unidentified woman was working as a translator for a French film crew when she was robbed and held up. As her and her colleague were threatened with blades, one of the migrants raped her.

The victim, a 38-year-old originally from Afghanistan, was acting as an interpreter for a 42-year-old male reporter. They were attacked in the early hours of Tuesday morning at the entrance to the camp.

The pair lost equipment and went straight to a hospital after the attackers escaped, where the woman was treated and the crimes reported.

Judicial sources said police had collected DNA evidence of the rape and that the three UK-bound attackers are believed to be from Afghanistan, La Voix du Nord reports.

Prosecutor Pascal Marconville, in nearby Boulogne-sur-Mer, told the newspaper: “The victim was examined by a forensics doctor, who confirmed the rape… Samples have been taken to try to determine the genetic profile of the rapist.”

He said the attackers were “still at large”, and that everything was being done to find them.

Just yesterday, a gang of migrants near the camp attacked a British television crew, with over 20 individuals using sticks, stones, and knives to repel the men.

“Rocks were thrown followed by a sustained attack with knives and sticks until we reached our car – cut, bruised, and without one of our cameras.”

The French government has promised the notorious Jungle camp is to be demolished in the coming weeks, and there is now a rush to either persuade migrants to accept refuge in France or find a way to get them into the UK.

Over the summer, the population of the camp surged to more than 10,000 and the number of violent incidents has shot up as migrants become more desperate in their attempt to enter the UK.

Police declared parts of Calais “no go zones” after dark, and migrants have caused vehicles to crash, left logs on the road, thrown rocks off bridges, and set fire to undergrowth.

Drivers have also been attacked, beaten with bats, stabbed, and even threatened with chainsaws.